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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 33

Mauritius 1848-59 "POST PAID" Issue Earliest Impressions on Thick Paper 1d. orange-vermilion on yellowish paper, [4], large to very large margins all round and neatly cancelled with a nearly complete strike of the circle of bars showing intaglio "3" at centre; thin at centre nevertheless of superb appearance. S.G. 3, £15,000 Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: A.J. Stevens, April 1964 Arthur Hind, Sale 4, June 1934

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